Adventures at 1 am

Most of you will probably not at all feel sorry for me after this story because you get up 2-1,000 times every night. But I don't very often have to give up my sleep, so when Ryan came into the bedroom at 1 am and shed the perfect sliver of light right over my face, I was not too happy. It quickly became apparent that he was looking for something. I couldn't resist. I woke up enough to ask, "what do you need?" "The camera" was his reply. I told him it was in the briefcase and promptly turned over to go back to sleep. "I looked in the briefcase and it's not there" he said. "Well then I don't know where it is!" I snapped. I quickly determined that this was not my problem and that it shouldn't be my responsibility to keep track of everything in the house and that he needed to deal with it. But after hearing him search for another 5 minutes, I decided I needed to be the bigger person-again.
So we looked and looked and looked. I looked everywhere I might possibly have stuck the camera. I looked everywhere Ryan had looked before. I asked him again, "Are you sure you looked in the briefcase?" "YES!"came the reply. I sent Ry out to look in the car AGAIN and determined that we were probably at the "pray for a miracle" stage. I was standing in the office feeling like a horrible person for not downloading the pictures right away and for misplacing something important when I looked down and saw the briefcase. I KNEW it would not be in there because of course I trust Ry and knew he looked. But I stuck my hand in there anyway, and sure enough- here comes the camera case. I thought maybe it was empty justifying the search, but nope. The weight was enough that when I undid the zipper I was not surprised to see the silver camera show it's face.
I showed it to Ryan and asked, "What would you do without me?" He grinned sheepishly and said, "I don't know- do you want to get a life insurance policy taken out on you so I can replace you when you die?"

But, despite the fact that he drives me crazy, I couldn't live without Ry either and I would like to share a few reasons why:

1. He is always happy
   
2. He loves me--a lot.
   
3. Even when I am super mean to him (almost everyday) he still loves me.
   
4. He lets me watch what I want on tv even when the game is on.
   
5. He is always saying something clever, or funny to make me laugh.
   
6. He has so many funny nicknames for me. Like, "sweat pea" that he changes to match the situation. Yesterday, when I was listening to my I Pod, Ry came into the room and said, "How cute, you're listening to your Pea Pod." And then he said, " I was hoping that one would come up." How can you be in a bad mood after something like that?"
   
7. He supports me and cheers me on in everything I do. He watched the series finale of Gilmore Girls with me, and when it was over, said "Now I feel like I have to watch the first episode ever to feel complete. Let's watch it!"
   
8. He is passionate about life and is determined to make sure everyone else is.
   
9. He doesn't do a lot around the house, but he takes out the trash. And he cleans out the turtle tank. These are very important things.
   
10. He makes me fall in love with him all over everyday. He is a gift to me without which I would be insane. I love you Husband!